THE WEATHER GIRLS - It's Raining Men (1982)

"It's Raining Men" is a song written by Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer in 1979, and originally recorded by The Weather Girls in 1982. The song had been offered to a who's-who of female singing legends including Donna Summer, Grace Jones, Diana Ross, Cher, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Teena Marie, Gloria Gaynor, and even Barbra Streisand before being accepted by Martha Wash and Izora Armstead of The Weather Girls, with their version becoming an international hit, selling over 6 million copies worldwide.

It was covered by Martha Wash (of The Weather Girls) as a duet with RuPaul in 1997, Geri Halliwell in 2001 and by Young Divas in 2006. The song is hailed as a camp classic and more recently as a dance anthem, and as a classic female anthem.




It's Raining Men

1. COMPLETE THE GAPS WITH THESE WORDS:

according, every, low, head, half,
start, time, where, mother, about, too, place.

humidity's risin'
barometer's getting _______
according to our sources
the street's the place to go

cos tonight for the first _______
just about _______ past ten
for the first time in history
it's gonna _______ raining men

it's raining men hallejulah
it's raining men amen
it's raining men hallejulah
it's raining men amen

ow

humidity's risin'
barometer's getting _______
_______ to our sources
the street's the _______ to go

cos tonight for the first time
just about _______ past ten
for the first time in history
it's gonna _______ raining men

it's raining men hallejulah
it's raining men amen
I'm gonna go out I'm gonna get myself get
absolutley soaking wet

it's rainin men hallejulah
it's rainin men every specimen
tall blonde dark and lean
rough and tough and strong and mean

god bless _______ nature
she's a single woman _______
she took over heaven
and she did what she had to do

she fought _______ angel
to rearrange the sky
so that each and every woman
could find the perfect guy

it's raining men
go get yourself wet girl I know you want to

I feel stormy where the roof is in
I've got to begin
heaven on earth don't you loose your _______
rip off the roof and stay in bed
rip off the roof and stay

it's raining men hallejulah
it's raining men amen
it's raining men hallejulah ....

2. WHAT´S THE MEANING OF...?

Cos
gonna
risin´
I've


3.- UNDERLINE:

a. Three adjectives
b. Three prepositions
c. A sentence in the simple present
d. A sentence in the present continuous
e. A sentence in the simple past

4.- TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING:

a. She fought every angel
b. to rearrange the sky
c. so that each and every woman
d. could find the perfect guy